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I'm over all this 3D hype. They can stop now. This is one more step in destroying movies. First the overuse of computerized special effects, now in 3D. Remember when movies needed to have a good story and good writers? Take away the special effects "Look what I can do with a computer" scenes and Avatar would have only been an hour long. Transformers... 45 minutes.
Movie go'ers today have a steadily declining IQ. Instead of demanding good stories and good acting we've resorted to mentally challenged... "Ohhhhh ... shiney...."

Love the Lion King! Hate 3D! Pointless tech that doesn't add anything of worth to the experience. But still, the Lion King is a great movie. So maybe I will re-watch the original 2D film in protest on September 16. 🙂

Oh, good......ANOTHER 3D movie that I'll have to make a point NOT to go see. What an incredible waste this whole thing is, and only continues to prove that the Hollywood movie grinder has run out of original ideas. They wonder why they don't make money on movies and dvd's any more.....well, it's because it's all JUNK, and most of it's not even worth waiting until it hits the $5 bin at Walmart to buy it!!

who's actually gonna pay close to $20 per person to watch this in the theater? I mean, every household with children must of watched this movie 50 times by now. It's hard to get excited and plan a theater trip over this, even 3D is the difference. Heck, whats next? The Wizard of Oz in theaters?

@Jo: Please get over yourself!! I can post whatever I damn well please...just because you are too lame, too arrogant, and too pompous of a person to get the joke. I guess you feel real good about yourself to criticize me? Stupid ass person..(on in every article)

Let me fill you in so you won't look, or be, as ignorant anymore. Obama made a great joke at a recent dinner after he released the "long form" version of his birth certificate, that he was also releasing his BIRTH VIDEO to provide further evidence. They rolled the clip, and it was the beginning of the Lion King. Got a lot of laughs.

So no, this isn't some random person bringing Obama in the discussion with no relevance. But for some reason, you in your infinite wisdom decided to call him an idiot, whereas you are the only one that is looking neither smart nor clever.

Kids these days don't know about Disney classics, like the Lion King, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid etc. They have Hannah Montana, which is fine, but where is the MAGIC? Imagination? I'm only 21, but I will see this in theaters to re-live my childhood. The trailer above looks AWESOME!

Obviously Disney is not making the money it used to in animated tales unless they're in partnership with Pixar. Movies like "Cars," "Monsters, Inc.," "Finding Nemo," "Toy Story," etc were very profitable and beautifully put together tales. "Princess and the Frog" (while I loved the idea of Disney's first black princess) and "Tangled," not so much...

You must not have seen either Princess and the Frog or Tangled, because both were excellent movies and could hold their own with the best of the "Disney Renaissance" era films. Tangled even wound up becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time, so clearly your opinion is in the minority here. Disney has begun a transition from marketing -centric movies to director-centric movies, so chances are good that future films will be of even better quality.

I adore Pixar, but I do believe their studio gets a lot of mindless praise and groundless comparisons. They've released a few stinkers ("Cars", "Monsters, Inc.", and "A Bug's Life" were all pretty bland) and Disney has done successful and creative films on their own without Pixar's involvement, particularly recently.

TANGLED is NOT the highest grossing animated film of all time. NOT EVEN CLOSE. It's #14. And adjusted for ticket prices, it's WAY lower. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_animated_films

Movies not originally released in 3D are given an artificial 3D effect. I won't expect the effect to be as good as for movies that were filmed in 3D from the start. Also, from an artistic point of view, do we want movie studios tinkering with the director's vision by making decisions about object placement in a 3D field? Who is to say what the director would have done had he or she been working in 3D from the start? This is like colorizing old black and white movies. Leave the B&W movies in B&W, leave the 2D movies in 2D. Preserve the artist's original vision.

I'm not sure why you think that would be the case for an animated movie. The Lion King was cel animation, so it's not like they're adding 3D to a live action film. The amount of work needed to add 3D to a cel animation is exactly the same as the amount of work needed to do a cel animation in 3D in the first place, which is to say, somebody draws a second set of cels from a slightly different perspective....

I could listen to James Earl Jones (the voice of Mufasa) read the Trenton NJ phone book and still be entertained. In spite of the massive headaches I get from trying to watch 3D movies, I'll go to see this.

I know he is not the same guy, but if you listen to "the Grinch" song it really sounds like him, makes for a hilarious visual of Darth Vader singing it and trying to eliminate Christmas. I bet he could have pulled it off too!

Bet you want peanuts off planes to. Don't go see it in 3D if you don't want to. Quit complaining. Personally I miss the Disney re-releases in theatres since the advent of VHS & DVD's. Now they just re-release to DVD every 7 years. A good Disney animated on a theatre screen is a joy to watch.

No thanks, I can't watch "3D" movies, they give me a headache. Aside from that, the original is just fine. If I want to see a true 3D performance, I'll go watch the live Broadway version (which is amazing, by the way).

Then you have a choice, so don't watch it in 3D. I like films in 3D, and I'm glad to see the studios opening their vaults for older films to be converted. Just like colorized films – I like the Shirley Temple films in color. Some folks like to see them in black and white. For god's sake it's only movies, it's not like they are destroying national treasures.

And two weeks in the theatres, and then what? to DVD? How many people have 3D screens at home on planet Earth in 2011? I don't think a masterpiece such as this needs an improvement. Disney should know better than jump on the 3D bandwagon!! But then again, if it's all about money, not art, then by all means, Disney, don't leave Bambi and Pinnochio behind!

*It was such as a cash cow at the time that it was out for ages. All it means was that it made Disney alot of money. That said, I love the movie. But staying power in theaters does not indicate a great movie.